<p>ok.. this is my dilemma and i would really appreciate any honest answers..</p>
<p>i know yale may not be the best school for engineering but it is an amazing school in general. i am pretty sure i would want yale to be my first choice AND i am pretty sure engineering (chemical) will be my major.</p>
<p>i know that many schools are better, but yale's name is not ignorable. truly, it isn't. i would much rather go to yale than cornell (based on previous forum).. and even though i would not choose a school solely for prestige, nobody can deny TRULY.. that prestige is an important factor.</p>
<p>for graduate school, i'm planning to attend anywhere, but for undergrad, yale..
do you think i am making the right choice?
does anybody have comments on yale chem. engineering? please..</p>
<p>I don't know anything about chem. engineering specifically, but, like people posted on the previous engineering topic, the engineering department's getting tons of money thrown at them. I have a friend who's a freshman mech. engineering major, and he's already working on a project with some upperclassmen, doing robotics stuff with local high schools, and has lined up a research project with one of his professors for this summer. He's also an engineering tour guide, so the next time I talk to him I'll try to get you some information about the chem program in specific, but I think it's obvious from his story that there are more than enough rewarding experiences to go around.</p>
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<p>if that's the case, as long as presige isn't the only factor you're looking at when you make that statement, then go for it. i have two friends majoring in chemE who don't seem to have any problem with the program here - they're in a good program, and they still get to experience all of the other cool things that make yale yale. and you can always go somewhere else for grad school, which is when the department's reputation really matters.</p>
<p>so yes, i think you'd be making the right choice... if you're admitted to both yale and cornell and you really prefer yale, then go for it.</p>
<p>Actually, Yale is the best school in the country for engineering, at least on the undergraduate level and in terms of quality. Cornell ranks 6th, also pretty good.</p>
<p>How are Math, Biochemistry, Physics, and being a pre-med at Yale?
I know that Yale's grad school in math is always in top 10 so this means to me that the professors would be good... I know people complain about the intro level like calculus and such but I still think that more advanced things would be amazing. Plus I am beyond calculus now so...
Also, I like the fact that these programs are relatively small so I'd get more attention... and being a pre-med at Yale just.sounds.SO.GOOD...
What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Yale is pretty much the best place you can go as a pre-med student. Because it is smaller there is less competition than at other schools. But at the same time, it has more medical research funding per student than any other university in the country.</p>
<p>Other good choices would include Amherst, Princeton, Williams and Dartmouth -- although none of those have nearly the same kind of laboratory resources that Yale does (which is only really important if you're trying to apply for an M.D./Ph.D. program).</p>